kenjibenji
Aquarium Advice Newbie
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Hello!
I recently started a freshwater aquarium hobby and so far it’s been great! I have a 10gallon tank with 3 tetras and 4 live plants. My neon tetras are getting big and healthy and my live plants have also been growing new leaves. Up until the past couple of days, my yellow mystery snail has been incredibly active and has already almost doubled in size since I got him a month and a half ago. I have not added any new fish/decorations in about 4-5 weeks.
2 days ago, i noticed that he had been sitting on one of the decorative rocks for quite some time. I placed some fish flakes in front of him and when I checked back on him it seemed like he had moved to eat them- so he definitely wasn’t dead. Yesterday, I saw him poop for the first time! He pooped A LOT. And saw more poop in his digestive tract behind his transparent shell. I figured that maybe he needs some rest during this process so i let him be. I checked the water levels and everything seemed normal. Nitrate/nitrite both 0, pH 7.5, KH 80, GH 60. Temperature is kept at 78-80°.
This morning I checked on him again and his body was completely under his shell (couldn’t see his head), but still suctioned on to the rock decoration. I did some reading online and decided to place him on his side (spiral side down) in case he needed some extra help to breathe. I also just did a 20% water change (which I do once a week). Other than that, I’m not sure what to do. Not even sure if this is anything I should worry about. It’s just very surprising when he has had great progress so far and usually slides around everywhere and now all of the sudden he does not move.
I was under the assumption that mystery snails are fine with just a diet of algae and leftover fish food; but just read further today that they may need supplemented blanched veggies too. Would this be why he may be sick? If that’s the case then I’m surprised it has taken this long to take effect.
I recently started a freshwater aquarium hobby and so far it’s been great! I have a 10gallon tank with 3 tetras and 4 live plants. My neon tetras are getting big and healthy and my live plants have also been growing new leaves. Up until the past couple of days, my yellow mystery snail has been incredibly active and has already almost doubled in size since I got him a month and a half ago. I have not added any new fish/decorations in about 4-5 weeks.
2 days ago, i noticed that he had been sitting on one of the decorative rocks for quite some time. I placed some fish flakes in front of him and when I checked back on him it seemed like he had moved to eat them- so he definitely wasn’t dead. Yesterday, I saw him poop for the first time! He pooped A LOT. And saw more poop in his digestive tract behind his transparent shell. I figured that maybe he needs some rest during this process so i let him be. I checked the water levels and everything seemed normal. Nitrate/nitrite both 0, pH 7.5, KH 80, GH 60. Temperature is kept at 78-80°.
This morning I checked on him again and his body was completely under his shell (couldn’t see his head), but still suctioned on to the rock decoration. I did some reading online and decided to place him on his side (spiral side down) in case he needed some extra help to breathe. I also just did a 20% water change (which I do once a week). Other than that, I’m not sure what to do. Not even sure if this is anything I should worry about. It’s just very surprising when he has had great progress so far and usually slides around everywhere and now all of the sudden he does not move.
I was under the assumption that mystery snails are fine with just a diet of algae and leftover fish food; but just read further today that they may need supplemented blanched veggies too. Would this be why he may be sick? If that’s the case then I’m surprised it has taken this long to take effect.
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